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Le Tour 09: Stage 5: Le Cap d'Agde - Perpignan
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 18:50
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this quote really sticks out to me
"The other teams think to themselves, 'why should we pull if Cav wins it in the end anyway?' If the other teams are that resigned, why do they come here with their sprinters? Then, you could leave your sprinters at home. Then it makes no sense to take a sprinter to the Tour."
- Rolf Aldag
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 08-07-2009 19:05
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this is like Ferrari is to fast..let's change something. |
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| Dan_Grr |
Posted on 08-07-2009 19:26
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I'll beat Cav.
With a stick. Hard. Little man Cav. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 08-07-2009 19:47
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https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/aldag...ns-tactics
Aldag frustrated by peloton's tactics.
Little cocky talking there..other teams does not give a damn how many stages Cavendish will win . Some stages winning record or not..For example Cervelo will probably work tomorrow.
Tomorrow they should be complaining.
P.S. Try to follow Haussler and Hushovd tomorrow Aldag.
Edited by Guido Mukk on 08-07-2009 19:48
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 08-07-2009 20:04
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As I heard Brian Holm say a few days ago: If they don't even try, they won't win either.
I agree with Columbia. If you've brought a sprinter to the Tour, but don't have any confidence in them, why bring them in the first place? |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 20:06
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Problem is, they don't want to work with Columbia, they think Cavendish is certain to win, but Columbia won't do everything. If columbia doesn't do anything none of the sprinters teams will win.
So yes Aldag, why do the other teams bring sprinters?
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| hakab |
Posted on 08-07-2009 20:15
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As we have a lot of coverage on Thor Hushovd and then on Cervelo. Thor and Carlos is not going to pull, so that leaves 7men. Carlos wants his men rested for the mountains so they don't want to stay in the front pulling on the flats where they are not so great. And Thor only have 1 guy that is not important in his sprint train. So they have to hope for some other team that are there for stage wins like Columbia to do the dirty work for them.
At least what Thor's personal trainer and others that follow him closely say. |
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| ReschNicolai |
Posted on 08-07-2009 20:43
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Hahh, funny what happened to Gesink.
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| Inferio |
Posted on 08-07-2009 20:48
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Only chance for Rabo in this year's Tour is Menchov will try to get KOM jersey....or maybe Freire will get a super-sprint-form and some stages 
But it's a pity that after 5 stages, the Tour almost can't be 'good' for Rabo  |
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| ReschNicolai |
Posted on 08-07-2009 20:51
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Menchov can make it good without him, as in the giro.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-07-2009 20:54
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Nice to see Voeckler win the stage - I wonder if Ignatiev messed up his chances by attacking too far from the finish at 6km.
Cavendish' 3rd just confirms that he's going for points jersey. Anyone who believed the statements he made about being happy with 1 stage and not going for green, probably still thinks he only went to Milan San Remo for experience  |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 20:58
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Yeah, thats how i think i'm ending my posting in this topic. So glad to see this guy winning a stage at last.
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| ruben |
Posted on 08-07-2009 21:34
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ReschNicolai wrote:
Hahh, funny what happened to Gesink. Funny??????
I hope you get banned, asshole. Thinking it's funny when riders break something.
You are a horrible person.
Edited by ruben on 08-07-2009 21:34
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| matt493 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 21:42
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yeah its not funny. He fractured his hand and has withdrawn from the race. Too bad.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 08-07-2009 21:43
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too bad for gesink, great that he is young and have more chances to come. to bad that i have him in my velogames team. in giro it was vande velde now it was gesink, |
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 08-07-2009 21:54
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ReschNicolai wrote:
Hahh, funny what happened to Gesink.
I hope you fall and break a bone tomorrow
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 22:00
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ruben wrote:
ReschNicolai wrote:
Hahh, funny what happened to Gesink. Funny??????
I hope you get banned, asshole. Thinking it's funny when riders break something.
You are a horrible person.
I'm guessing he's Belgian...
That said ruben you aren't always the most, shall we say, considerate about these things. |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 22:02
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Cavendish' 3rd just confirms that he's going for points jersey. Anyone who believed the statements he made about being happy with 1 stage and not going for green, probably still thinks he only went to Milan San Remo for experience
To be honest I think he was being truthful about both statements. I also think that once he realized he could win MSR he went for it, just as he's going for the green now that he has a stage win and might as well. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-07-2009 22:05
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Deadpool wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Cavendish' 3rd just confirms that he's going for points jersey. Anyone who believed the statements he made about being happy with 1 stage and not going for green, probably still thinks he only went to Milan San Remo for experience
To be honest I think he was being truthful about both statements. I also think that once he realized he could win MSR he went for it, just as he's going for the green now that he has a stage win and might as well.
Consider that Cavendish has since said about MSR that he purposefully aimed to fool his rival sprinters - by allowing himself to be dropped on climbs in Tirreno and to play down his own aims for the race. |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 08-07-2009 22:06
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
Cavendish' 3rd just confirms that he's going for points jersey. Anyone who believed the statements he made about being happy with 1 stage and not going for green, probably still thinks he only went to Milan San Remo for experience
To be honest I think he was being truthful about both statements. I also think that once he realized he could win MSR he went for it, just as he's going for the green now that he has a stage win and might as well.
Consider that Cavendish has since said about MSR that he purposefully aimed to fool his rival sprinters - by allowing himself to be dropped on climbs in Tirreno and to play down his own aims for the race.
He might just be covering  |
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